World’s oldest man dies at 112
January 25, 2016
From the Russo-Japanese War to a long-lived life as a tailor, Yasutaro Kodie, the world’s oldest man, passed away at the age of 112.
Two months before his 113 birthday on March 13, Kodie died of heart complication on Jan. 19 in Nagoya, Japan. The world’s oldest person is now American Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, from Brooklyn.